DID YOU KNOW?
Over a five-year period, students’ SAT scores averaged 1,260 points compared to the national average of 1,000 points.
Typically, 20 percent of a Charles Wright graduating class are National Merit Scholars or Commended Students.
No South Sound school, public or private, offers more Advanced Placement courses than we do.
Minority students account for 28 percent of the student body.
In the last decade, Charles Wright students consistently earned top honors among the State of Washington’s journalism students.
Charles Wright grants over $1.3 million in financial assistance to 21% of the student body.
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Lydia Roberts
7th Grade English, Creative Writing, 7th Grade Team Leader
Lydia Roberts teaches seventh grade English and seventh and eighth grade creative writing. “My favorite thing about teaching in the Middle School is that students are given the opportunity to learn and practice skills of resiliency and self-reliance in a way that I have never experienced in other schools,” says Roberts.
“The most important thing I hope to pass on to my students is a belief that we all have a unique voice and that every single one matters,” she says. “Each individual has the responsibility to work to hear the voices of others, to try to appreciate the voices that are out of tune with his or her own, and to strive toward balance every day, even in the greatest times of discord.”
Roberts holds a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University. She joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2004 and enjoys reading, writing, photography and scrapbooking. She is also an avid comic book reader and collector. “Working to be a good mom is at the center of everything in my life,” she says.
Roberts' favorite quotes:
The real point is that you cannot harbor malice toward others and then cry foul when someone displays intolerance against you. Prejudice tolerated is intolerance encouraged. Rise up in righteousness when you witness the words and deeds of hate, but only if you are willing to rise up against them all, including your own. Otherwise suffer the slings and arrows of disrespect silently.
- Harvey Fierstein
When I get a little money, I buy books; if any is left, I buy food and clothes.
- Desiderius Erasmus
“The most important thing I hope to pass on to my students is a belief that we all have a unique voice and that every single one matters,” she says. “Each individual has the responsibility to work to hear the voices of others, to try to appreciate the voices that are out of tune with his or her own, and to strive toward balance every day, even in the greatest times of discord.” Roberts holds a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University. She joined the Charles Wright faculty in 2004 and enjoys reading, writing, photography and scrapbooking. She is also an avid comic book reader and collector. “Working to be a good mom is at the center of everything in my life,” she says.
Roberts' favorite quotes:
The real point is that you cannot harbor malice toward others and then cry foul when someone displays intolerance against you. Prejudice tolerated is intolerance encouraged. Rise up in righteousness when you witness the words and deeds of hate, but only if you are willing to rise up against them all, including your own. Otherwise suffer the slings and arrows of disrespect silently.
- Harvey Fierstein
When I get a little money, I buy books; if any is left, I buy food and clothes.
- Desiderius Erasmus
